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joining me is al sharpton. it's good to have you. you had a late night last night. let's talk about the estimated number 200,000 voters in florida that got turned away because of the long lines. the hours of waiting, what do you think? what do you make of a bipartisan committee put together by the president's team, mitt romney's people to look at this issue? >> i think it's a good move. i would, of course, the devil would be in the details as we see what the commission, who else will be on it, what teeth it would have. but it's absolutely necessary. when the president highlighted the 102-year-old lady, i was in florida chapter with the bishop. it was part of those that kept driving people out. he had a thing called operation lemonade. we would have had more than 200,000 people turned away if you hadn't had the efforts of those activists in florida. i know firsthand what he's doing as president with this commission is needed. but we're kboing to need some tangible, con crete things from this commission that can be enacted, which is why by making it bipartisan is a wi
joining me is al sharpton. it's good to have you. you had a late night last night. let's talk about the estimated number 200,000 voters in florida that got turned away because of the long lines. the hours of waiting, what do you think? what do you make of a bipartisan committee put together by the president's team, mitt romney's people to look at this issue? >> i think it's a good move. i would, of course, the devil would be in the details as we see what the commission, who else will be...
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>>> president obama is tailoring his sales pitch today by talking to al sharpton and other minority radio hosts and yesterday by appearing on tv stations in states that will be hard hit by defense cuts. >> instead of us cutting education, instead of us kegt mental health programs, instead of us affecting military readiness and a whole range of other things that are really important to our security and our prosperity, we should be focused on programs we know don't work, waste in government, and some of these tax loophole that is we can close that frankly only benefit the well off and the well connected. >> in connecticut today vice president biden and parents of a 7-year-old sandy hook victim are tackling gun violence together. >> plus, a first fashion line. could a fragrance be next? jimmy kimmel sees opportunity knocking for the strug lingpost office. >> introducing a new fragrance by the u.s. postal service. manila. >> manila. >> smell like an envelope. go places. manila. manila. express mail your senses. hmm, paper. adhesive. manila by the u.s. postal service. the smell of mail. >> i t
>>> president obama is tailoring his sales pitch today by talking to al sharpton and other minority radio hosts and yesterday by appearing on tv stations in states that will be hard hit by defense cuts. >> instead of us cutting education, instead of us kegt mental health programs, instead of us affecting military readiness and a whole range of other things that are really important to our security and our prosperity, we should be focused on programs we know don't work, waste in...
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"politics nation" with al sharpton starts right now. >> thanks, chris: and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, breaking news in an unprecedented, shocking move. republicans have filibustered a final vote on chuck hagel, president obama's pick to head the defense department. just four republicans join 54 democrats to support a vote on the nomination. now, you mugs know this is the first time in american history that a defense secretary nominee has been filibustered. forced to clear a 60 vote threshold. the president himself responded just minutes ago. >> chuck hagel, who, by the way, was a member of the republican caucus, a colleague of all of these folks who the republican leader mitch mcconnell and others consistently praised when he was still in the senate, has two purple stars -- two purple hearts, was an extraordinary soldier, was the head of the u.s.o., served on the senate floor relations committee. he is imminently qualified to be secretary of defense. and the notion that we would see an unprecedented filibuster, just about unprecedented. we've never had a secretary of
"politics nation" with al sharpton starts right now. >> thanks, chris: and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, breaking news in an unprecedented, shocking move. republicans have filibustered a final vote on chuck hagel, president obama's pick to head the defense department. just four republicans join 54 democrats to support a vote on the nomination. now, you mugs know this is the first time in american history that a defense secretary nominee has been filibustered....
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>> i think reverend al sharpton is right. on the one side you have the very long lines. you have a limited number of voting machines in districts where they expect higher turn out. you have college students being blocked from the rolls because they didn't list their specific dorm room on their voter registration card. so we're a long way away from billy clubs, dogs, and water hoses. we're right up here with gerrymandering, putting causal impediments in place where people can't get to the polls. what we ought to be about is expanding enfranchisement. >> thank you for joining me today. i appreciate your insights. >>> coming up we have only two days, less than 24 or 48 hours until the sequester taking effect. and now we have the president. asking for face to face meetings with congressional leaders. it is the first time he's meeting with some on the right face to face. plus hagel at the helm after weeks of delay but no delay in getting to work today. he is on the job. our power panel is going to weigh in on that coming up. today's big question to you. do you think section 5
>> i think reverend al sharpton is right. on the one side you have the very long lines. you have a limited number of voting machines in districts where they expect higher turn out. you have college students being blocked from the rolls because they didn't list their specific dorm room on their voter registration card. so we're a long way away from billy clubs, dogs, and water hoses. we're right up here with gerrymandering, putting causal impediments in place where people can't get to the...
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"politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >>> thanks, chris. and thanks to you for tuning in. i'm live in los angeles. tonight's lead. fighting for fairness. president obama threw down the gauntlet to republicans today demanding they move quickly to stop devastating budget cuts that could damage the economy and throw hundreds of thousands of people out of work. these are automatic cuts the congress agreed to. and they're going to go into effect in three weeks unless lawmakers act now. the president is fighting the republicans cut, cut, cut obsession. >> we can't just cut our way to prosperity. deep cuts to things like education and training, energy and national security will cost us jobs. and it will slow down our recovery. it's not the right thing to do for the economy. it's not the right thing for folks out there still looking for work. our economy right now is headed in the right direction. and it will stay that way as long as there aren't any more self-inflicted wounds coming out of washington. >> this self-inflicted wound would include mas
"politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >>> thanks, chris. and thanks to you for tuning in. i'm live in los angeles. tonight's lead. fighting for fairness. president obama threw down the gauntlet to republicans today demanding they move quickly to stop devastating budget cuts that could damage the economy and throw hundreds of thousands of people out of work. these are automatic cuts the congress agreed to. and they're going to go into effect in three weeks unless...
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today, it was with african-american radio stations including joe madison, yolanda adams and al sharpton. >> their basic view is that nothing is important enough to raise taxes on wealthy individuals or corporations. and they would prefer to see these kinds of cuts that could slow down our recovery over closing tax loopholes. >> republicans, however, maintained that the sequester goes through, the blame they say lies with the president. >> we in the house have passed on two occasions legislation to replace the across the board cuts in sequestration to, thankly, reasonable, better thought out cuts. the president and the democrats in the senate refused to do that. >> and throw this in to the pot. new poll numbers today, "usa today"/pew research poll says 31 pstz would blame president obama and 49% would blame congressional republicans and the approval rating at 51%. bloomberg poll puts the ratding at a three-year high, 55%. joining me now live nbc's luke russert, live on capitol hill. when's the latest on this new development of perhaps outreach here? >> there's outreach, tamron. the presi
today, it was with african-american radio stations including joe madison, yolanda adams and al sharpton. >> their basic view is that nothing is important enough to raise taxes on wealthy individuals or corporations. and they would prefer to see these kinds of cuts that could slow down our recovery over closing tax loopholes. >> republicans, however, maintained that the sequester goes through, the blame they say lies with the president. >> we in the house have passed on two...
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listen to politics nation host al sharpton and congressman and civil rights icon john lewis. >> last year the voter i.d. laws and the long lines and the ending early voting and stopping sunday forthe polls showed that jim crow's son james q. crow esquire is still trying to do what his daddy did and that's rob us of the right to vote. >> there are still forces in this country that want to take us back to another period but we're not going back. we still need section 5 and that is why we're here today standing up for the voting rights of all americans. we must never give up, never give in, never give out. >>> time for the your business entrepreneurs of the week. new york firefighters scott edwards and tim keenan saw their entrepreneurial dreams crushed when hurricane sandy destroyed their store surfside bagels. as the waters receded our your business makeover team advanced and now they're back open for business. for more, watch "your business" sunday mornings at 7:30 on msnbc. ♪ [ male announcer ] from the way the bristles move to the way they clean, once you try an oral-b deep sweep
listen to politics nation host al sharpton and congressman and civil rights icon john lewis. >> last year the voter i.d. laws and the long lines and the ending early voting and stopping sunday forthe polls showed that jim crow's son james q. crow esquire is still trying to do what his daddy did and that's rob us of the right to vote. >> there are still forces in this country that want to take us back to another period but we're not going back. we still need section 5 and that is why...
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rounds of tv and radio interviews including this one with msnbc's al sharpton. >> we continue to reach out to the republicans and say, this is not going to be good for the economy t's not going to be good for ordinary people. but i don't know if they're going to move. >> the president did reach across the aisle this week most recently dialing up house speaker john boehner and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell yesterday. we don't know what was said in those calls, but we do know they didn't result in new meetings between the president and congressional leaders. both sides instead focusing on dominating this debate. >> democrats don't seem to understand that taxing americans dampens the economy. republicans don't seem to understand that massive unfocused cuts right now are going to slow down the economy. >> you seriously have to wonder whether anyone in washington, in the house and the senate, in the white house and the administration, republican, democrat, do they ever go outdoors? >> so the economic hammer falling at the end of the month. $85 billion in cuts. what will that mean t
rounds of tv and radio interviews including this one with msnbc's al sharpton. >> we continue to reach out to the republicans and say, this is not going to be good for the economy t's not going to be good for ordinary people. but i don't know if they're going to move. >> the president did reach across the aisle this week most recently dialing up house speaker john boehner and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell yesterday. we don't know what was said in those calls, but we do know...
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during an interview with al sharpton, he said, 75% of americans agree that the sequester bill should include both spending cuts and new tax revenues, which is the president's preferred plan. he did a bunch of interviews with local television networks, radio interviews, he had an event at the white house with the first responders that could be furloughed as part of the sequester, and next week, he is going to a shipyard in virginia to highlight how defense cuts would hit. he thinks using the bully pulpit he can force republicans into a compromise deal. host: we are talking with justin sink. "usa today" poll shows a majority of americans are looking for additional spending cuts and taxes. republicans have said that as off the table. if, as many people expect, sequestration does take effect, who was in the driver's seat? host: i think that is a big question -- guest: i think that is the big question. it will be really interesting. right away, there might not be obvious hits to the economy, but people start hearing, layoffs will, uh, people will see less money in their medicare payments
during an interview with al sharpton, he said, 75% of americans agree that the sequester bill should include both spending cuts and new tax revenues, which is the president's preferred plan. he did a bunch of interviews with local television networks, radio interviews, he had an event at the white house with the first responders that could be furloughed as part of the sequester, and next week, he is going to a shipyard in virginia to highlight how defense cuts would hit. he thinks using the...
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. >> this sort of segmented approach, al sharpton, and other radio hosts to talk about how it would affect low income communities, urban communities. yesterday it was the radio -- the tv host from local stations where there are big military installation wrshz. >> that's what the president is trying to do. rally some support around stopping the sequester. one of the problems i think that the sequester has had is it doesn't sound like the fiscal cliff. you almost need a rebranding. ben bernanke here to call it something else. people aren't afraid of it. peel aren't tuned into it. that's what the president is doing. going to these different groups and talking about it as if it's the end of the world in some ways. republicans feel like at this point they see the polls just like obama does, but they feel like once this thing goes into effect and people are waiting in lines at the airport, that maybe the tide will turn, and obama will also start to get some of the blame as well. no surprise there, though, asking the white house to withdraw the nomination. this is almost in the nature of a stunt
. >> this sort of segmented approach, al sharpton, and other radio hosts to talk about how it would affect low income communities, urban communities. yesterday it was the radio -- the tv host from local stations where there are big military installation wrshz. >> that's what the president is trying to do. rally some support around stopping the sequester. one of the problems i think that the sequester has had is it doesn't sound like the fiscal cliff. you almost need a rebranding....
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i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >> more of the right. let's play "hardball" ♪ ♪ >> listen, they arise from the last row of the tea party. their voices reach up to the highest levels of the gop. the republican party, a long time ago, the prudence and fiscal responsibility is now the war party, the stop the government party here at home. >> watch tonight as someone who's pandered is attacked op openly, ir rev rantly, disgustingly. >> i told you tmd come to this. now we've got the proof on camera. they listen only to the loudest, angriest person in the back row. mitch mcconnell, what matters to the republican far right now are the few who dare to be even further right. now it's come to this, the huffington post and washington bureau chief from mother jones. both are msnbc political analysts. the 2013 version took on his constituents with anti-immigr t anti-immigrant, bill defense talk. here's his exchange with angry right wing tea partiers. >> why didn't the army go down there and stop them? because the only thing that stops them, i'm a
i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >> more of the right. let's play "hardball" ♪ ♪ >> listen, they arise from the last row of the tea party. their voices reach up to the highest levels of the gop. the republican party, a long time ago, the prudence and fiscal responsibility is now the war party, the stop the government party here at home. >> watch tonight as someone who's pandered is attacked op openly, ir rev rantly, disgustingly. >> i...
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thanks for watching, i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >> the war against chuck hagel, let's play "hardball." >> good evening, wlet me start tonight with this, at least for now, defense secretary. republicans have thrown out so many different reasons. it's hard to keep them all straight. it's because hagel hasn't accounted for every single penny he's made and it's because of what he had to say about israel and iran. but it's also because of the white house's response to benghazi, something that has nothing do with chuck hagel, who wasn't even in the government at the time. today, the unprecedented step came to a head. that failed to get the 60 votes needed. that mob at the gate headed over >> what are republicans really trying to do? nbc's kelly o'donnell is at the capital tonight. let me just tell you this, i'm going to ask you, why are they doing this? why are they holding up a cabinet appointment? >> for some of them, it is about chuck hagel wanting to know more, who were not a part of committee. they just
thanks for watching, i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >> the war against chuck hagel, let's play "hardball." >> good evening, wlet me start tonight with this, at least for now, defense secretary. republicans have thrown out so many different reasons. it's hard to keep them all straight. it's because hagel hasn't accounted for every single penny he's made and it's because of what he had to say about israel and iran. but it's also because of the white...
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the president spoke with reverend al sharpton yesterday. take a listen. >> my sense is that their basic view is that nothing is important enough to raise taxes on wealthy individuals or corporations, and they would prefer to see these kinds of cuts that could slow down a recovery over closing tax loopholes. and that's the thing that binds their party together at this point. this is a major argument, obviously, we've been having for the last three years. unfortunately, i think republicans right now have been so dug in on this notion of never raising taxes, that it becomes difficult for them to see an obvious answer right in front of them. >> i'm confused. because the president says republicans can't see obvious answers in front of them. we raised taxes, didn't we? i'm confused because he said republicans are so dead set on never raising taxes. the president -- what was it, a month ago? two months ago? david gregory, help me out here. we already raised taxes, right? >> hold on, david. we did raise taxes, but the republicans walked away from t
the president spoke with reverend al sharpton yesterday. take a listen. >> my sense is that their basic view is that nothing is important enough to raise taxes on wealthy individuals or corporations, and they would prefer to see these kinds of cuts that could slow down a recovery over closing tax loopholes. and that's the thing that binds their party together at this point. this is a major argument, obviously, we've been having for the last three years. unfortunately, i think republicans...
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he is tired of jesse jackson and al not so sharpton oh clever appearing in the media and spouting their mambo jumbo. his column taps into a particular strain prevalent to tea partiers. he says it's just like slavery. >> oh, wow. >> that hurt. >> stephanie: that hurt my heart. as my mom's friend used to say, although she was referring to john travolta playing a woman in hair spray. that hurt my heart. >> really? >> what about jack lemon playing a woman? >> that was pre-masseuse situation. >> oh, boo. >> stephanie: laura bush asking to be removed from the ad supporting gay marriage she says they ought to have the same rights as everyone else has. they used a bunch of republicans who expressed thoughts on that. it was prominent american leaders speaking about that issue. >> and the organization, they are doing the right thing by removing her from the ad. >> stephanie: right. they said we respect her issues. but on the other hand boo pickles! [ booing ] >> but it would be more impressive if these people sat down and made an ad from this organization, rather than just making an ad from clips
he is tired of jesse jackson and al not so sharpton oh clever appearing in the media and spouting their mambo jumbo. his column taps into a particular strain prevalent to tea partiers. he says it's just like slavery. >> oh, wow. >> that hurt. >> stephanie: that hurt my heart. as my mom's friend used to say, although she was referring to john travolta playing a woman in hair spray. that hurt my heart. >> really? >> what about jack lemon playing a woman? >>...
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us, the host of msnbc's "politics nation" and president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton. good to have you. walter. >> mika. >> willie, you were just bringing up to me off air, "the wall street journal" supports the president. >> yeah, the editorial page says that drone warfare is necessary and legal to protect america. that the president ought to have his way based on what they've seen on that white paper. also, that judicial review is a terrible idea. they say that requiring judges to approve a list of enemy targets on the battlefield is the quickest way to lose a war. so they're for the president and his case on foreign policy. >> they're with him, and we're sure it hurts the editors of the editorial page. walter isaacson, we see this time and time again. every candidate runs for president, talks about transparency, talks about keeping congress informed, talks about checks and balances, talks about how the current occupant of the white house is not transparent enough and is expanding presidential force at a dangerous clip, and then they get into office -- >> it will pa
us, the host of msnbc's "politics nation" and president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton. good to have you. walter. >> mika. >> willie, you were just bringing up to me off air, "the wall street journal" supports the president. >> yeah, the editorial page says that drone warfare is necessary and legal to protect america. that the president ought to have his way based on what they've seen on that white paper. also, that judicial review is...
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his senior advisers and later this afternoon, president obama will record a radio interview with al sharpton joe madison and yolanda adams all in the oval office. >>> a surprising change coming from florida. governor rick scott has announced he will back medicare expansion in the state. president obama's affordable care act requires all states to expand their programs but many republican governors are against doing so with scott proval being one of the most outspoken. suddenly yesterday scott says he has reached a deal with the feds and will ask the state legislature to move forward with those changes. under scott's new proposal, the state will only commit to the first three years of the expansion with the federal government footing the cost of the bill. this makes scott only the seventh republican governor to back medicare expansion under the affordable care act. >>> a new study from an economist at the congressional research service finds capital gains tax cuts are by far the biggest contributor to the wealth gap. from 1986 to 1996, capital gains were taxed at the same rate as regular wage
his senior advisers and later this afternoon, president obama will record a radio interview with al sharpton joe madison and yolanda adams all in the oval office. >>> a surprising change coming from florida. governor rick scott has announced he will back medicare expansion in the state. president obama's affordable care act requires all states to expand their programs but many republican governors are against doing so with scott proval being one of the most outspoken. suddenly...
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he spoke to al sharpton yesterday and he came out and said the only republican agenda is the agenda to protect the rich. i don't know where that comes from. >> but the republicans have to have a counter attack to that. i think -- >> they have a plan. >> the president has zero plan and the republicans have two. >> it's not a plan, it's about messaging. it's about getting the right message out there. we can have a plan but if we don't know how to deliver it, it doesn't matter. that's what i think they need to be become as the president. >> marco rubio, everybody is focused on the water. i was over the water while i was watching it, maybe because it was late night and i realized we had to get newspaper 90 minutes, but marco rubio had a speech that don't put me, the middle class guy, my ideas are not those of rich people because i'm not and here's why. i thought he laid it out very nice this day. >> here's the thing. republicans have great messages, but there is a news media in this country that simply is on the president's side. you look at the some of the political cartoons that came out
he spoke to al sharpton yesterday and he came out and said the only republican agenda is the agenda to protect the rich. i don't know where that comes from. >> but the republicans have to have a counter attack to that. i think -- >> they have a plan. >> the president has zero plan and the republicans have two. >> it's not a plan, it's about messaging. it's about getting the right message out there. we can have a plan but if we don't know how to deliver it, it doesn't...